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[MENTION=94771]ascherer[/MENTION], that's cool! I don't know what the odds of the film maker trashing your bike, but most parts are replaceable. Get an agreement about damage beforehand, and maybe set the rental price properly. Before I met my wife, the Law And Order TV show filmed an episode in the apartment we are currently living in. It has interior bricks walls, and it's in a landmarked former warehouse building. She said they didn't clean up after themselves, but the money was good enough that she didn't mind. Your film maker may not be able to pay you that handsomely, and if so, get an agreement about damage beforehand.

EDIT: Clearly I wrote the above before seeing all the replies.

Sometimes I forget to click on Submit Reply. "Hey, what happened to my post?"

I 'rented' a bike to somebody visiting my city a few months back with the following arrangement: They paid me fair market value for the bike, with the understanding that I'd buy it back a week later for the same price minus $50 if it was in the same condition aside from wear to consumables, but if the bike was damaged it would be theirs to keep. Perhaps that could an option for you if this particular Raleigh isn't your only commuting bike.

edit: oops, like Noglider above I posted without looking at the thread date or other comments (you know, I thought our forum masters were trying to get that 'initial post date' indicator working again after the software update made it disappear - whatever happened to that?)

I kept asking until I got an answer. It won't happen until a future software update. No ETA on that, though.

Grr. I'm not happy about that. But I do have a workaround. I click on the teeny tiny icon at the very left of the thread title. This brings me to the first unread post of the thread. At least I won't start at the beginning that way.

The mod staff aren't happy about it either. We also used it as a tool and not having it makes our work a bit harder. The furor over it being gone caught the IT staff totally by surprise. Eventually we'll get it back.

About 25 years ago a neighbor, that was a location scout for movies, said she knew some one that wanted to rent some old bicycles. The film company rented 5 of my 1950s balloon tire bikes for a insurance commercial. Apparently they used them to sit in front of a Victorian house in Rio Vista, CA. I never saw the commercial. I got $100 a bicycle, and they all where return undamaged in one day. You never know-

The saga ends. The young man and I have been in touch as he tried to get his schedule finalized. Last week he let me know that he was so inspired by my bike that he bought one on an impulse that he saw "...magically being sold on Houston Street". He sent me this picture:




Happy ending, we have another person in the world who has discovered the joys of the All-Steel Bicycle.

An excellent ending....

Now you will just have to convince him that he needs TWO bikes like that.

Oh, of course, also convince him to get it tricked out with a bit of leather.

Got to love a happy ending. I can definitely see why he wanted that bike in his film, classy ride!